Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-23

y 'HSiaiilcailT sn6 went about
ana put tho little room to rights, and hung
- s.-' 1iliidrens worn clothing over the chair
DsicK, ana took tho meat for tho next day',
Inner ana supper from its bag. The vec.e-
=. LADIES lay upon the table, with the apples.
iheee she wiped softly and then sat down
again, looking at them ia dream. Sud.
aela,y sns gave nervous little laugh, saying:
u Will IL will amHse thera at any rate y
Then she took knife ami piece n tjnd.
ling and In littk while cgit II in s,rar
sticks, and these she counted until she bad
the number she needed, and set tn vert
She found the two potatoes adar,tod n h.-
plan, which was to make barsea "a 49,, 't -.
sticking four legs, a tail and two eara 49,, =.
tEen. Treated the same war the two raj
onions made rather awkvvort ~, -, 80
coiored cows. and the tur7lirs became tf,er
ard the carrot an alligator.
These made quite a little rnena 1erse ,,-,,,...
see upon the table in poxition to attract the
calafehS attention the first thing In the
norhiig' and red apple was thrust into
ta'n ven earned stocking and they were hung
upon Inc board which served for a nlauteI-
piece.
ihus out Of nothing mother love devised a
". u '4iritInas for her little ones, and when
,his vas zone, somehow her heart was
nshter and she blessed God for tho irtspira-
.i"'i ana That she had her children and
htaii,n' ana thanked him while she lay down
BESIDE the two pretty if pale children.
Inc NOISE OF drums, trumpets and chill
oreil SHOUTS In streets and hall walked the
enAiaIen almost before daylight, and they
oeean 70 ask each other and their mother
what u was all about, and she told them that
u was Christmas, and lying then for once
idie d1ring the daylight hours she told them
al tle sweet story and then they began to
wonder II Santa Claus had been to them, and
they bounced out Of bed to see.
HE apples were very rare and beautiful to
lheIa, but the menagerie Of wonderful ami
mails surpassed anything they ever dreamed
Of, and as the mother told them:
You see, dears, they are nicer ttan anv
wooden toy animals could be, for we can
play that they are real, truly animals and
we can Kill them and dress them and crr
them all up into little bits and cook them Inv
and by Just as the butchers dor
oh, yes~ said Ruthie in ecstasy.
don't want my oliungater CIT ,1p.- de.
clared Robbie, stoutly. He T7ls ps,c.fied. and
the children played contentedly al the morn
ing with their animals, though it required the
constant service Of mamma to replace broken
legs, horns and tails, and the children did
smell rather strong Of onions; still they we're
happy and her hear. li9htened- But when
the time came for To- eazl rerr IT their r-Is-
4iobbie would not allow a single one Of ~.
precious 'ammuls" to be sacrificed. and al
last he became so obstreperous that his
mother was obliged to punish him by shutting
nlm INTO a good sized closet which had
always stood between the chimney and the
gable window. Robbie did not enjoy his i'm
prisonnent and kicked and cried until be
made the very rafters ring, but suddenly
alter rather more violent outbreak than
usual there was silence, and his mother
waited while, surprised at this new freak.
and then she opened the door and looked in.
There on the floor sat Robbie, with a piece /,
of tie dashboard lying fat, and disclosing a |
hole within which was a tin box. This he !
was trying to pull out, but it seemed too !
heavy for him to move, and soon Mrs Hicks |
had it out and was examining it When she |
1ad wiped off the dust she found painted !
Ipon it in white letters Owen Harlcastle.- /,
It needed no more to take every bit OF |
strength she had and make her sink white /
and sutfocating on the chair This was her |
yrandfather's namel What if this box con !.
-A4-4eu LIE money ns was supposed 10 lave 4
hidden somewherei Il was heavy enough. (
4 moments reflection convinced her that, as
'he was the only living member of ell the =.
family, this box and its contents were hers,
and 50 with knife and piece Of wood she
oTied 1t open and found even as she had 4
hoped The box was full Of gold ard also
several valuable diamonds, 50 that
his woman, who bad the night before been
N the verge Of despair from poverty, and
Who had had to make q travesty of her
neager dinner to give her fatherless babies
title Of the joy that Christmas brings, was
fitted above want again
But, though she had found this treasure,
nd she knew it was her own in all right, she
vas too sensible little woman TO bruit the
Jews about, and so they SIT down TO their
christmas dinner Of soup made out Of q
whole nenagerie, and up TO this day, though
be lives in a different way now, the lawyers
ever got wind Of her inheritance nor share
n it Robbie and Ruthie have pretty toys,
ut probably none of them have ever been
ute as dear TO their little hearts as the
TRANCE animals their mothers breaking
cart wrought out for their pleasure